Ann Gilmour Poet Rhyme

If Only I Could Hibernate

If only I could hibernate
To awaken in the spring
To see sweet swathes of snowdrops
A welcome sign as spring begins
With daffodils and hyacinths
And tulips on their way
And pretty blue forget me nots
In gentle breeze shall dance and sway
The sun she rises higher in the cloudless bluest sky
Great feelings of expectation with every passing day

If only I could hibernate
Just like my tortoise Alfred the Great
For Alfie has the best idea
Snuggling down this time of year
Tummy full
And time to sleep
Not missing winter chills
Or other seasonal ills

I will awaken to spring sunshine
When all around is sparkling
Birdsong t'will infuse the air
There will be green shoots everywhere
Melodious love songs birds shall sing
To celebrate first day of spring

So now as I retire to bed
Snuggling ‘neath my duvet
Time for me to hibernate
And sleep until that special date
When sunshine takes the chill away
I’ll open up my eyes and say
hip hip hurray ~ it's spring today
‘tis time for me to celebrate 
my happy springtime birthday date


Written 14th November 2020

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Mahtab Bangalee November 22, 2020 at 2:07 AM lovely poem penned; enjoyable too imaginatively Ann Gilmour November 22, 2020 at 11:02 AM Thank you so much Mahtab for your lovely comments. so kind of you to visit. With kindest thoughts Ann xx

Linda Alice Fowler November 15, 2020 at 6:47 AM I love your stanza about Alfie. There's no true winter here yet, but spring will be a welcome sight. Linda Ann Gilmour November 15, 2020 at 12:34 PM Thank you Linda, though Alfie is fictional, I am very fond of tortoises they are so incredibly prehistoric and they go at my speed, haha... Thank you for your lovely visit Linda ~ with kindest thoughts Ann xx

Victor Buhagiar November 15, 2020 at 3:41 AM Ah yes. I love the warmth of thick covers. ~~ Ann Gilmour November 15, 2020 at 12:32 PM yes they are so cosy at this time of year. Thank you Gordon. With kindest thoughts Ann xx

Caren Krutsinger November 14, 2020 at 7:09 PM I also want to hunker down and hide as winter approaches. Is Alfred the tortoise real? Ann Gilmour November 15, 2020 at 12:30 PM Sadly no, but I have always loved these prehistoric creatures, I love their gait and their handsome heads ~ oh I just love them... In the summer a couple brought their tortoise down to the public lawns by the sea and he was enjoying the freedom, in fact he got up to quite a speed. He was 30 years old. Thank for your comment Caren ~ with kindest thoughts Ann xx

Kim Rodrigues November 14, 2020 at 4:55 PM We love to burrow into our covers. The warmth wraps us in possibilities of a dream. Ann Gilmour November 14, 2020 at 5:57 PM delightful comments dear Kim ~ I thank you. With kindest thoughts Ann xx

Akkina Downing November 14, 2020 at 2:30 PM I totally know that feeling. Great poem, Ann, I enjoy reading it :) Ann Gilmour November 14, 2020 at 3:28 PM Thank you so much Akkina, how lovely to see you my friend. With kindest thoughts Ann xx

Rico Leffanta November 14, 2020 at 1:02 PM That was my wish from my earliest years and the reason I now live in Hawai'i! Well said! Aloha! Rico Ann Gilmour November 14, 2020 at 2:00 PM room for one more??? thank you Rico for your most welcome visit. With kindest thoughts Ann xx